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New Democracy rejigs key party posts as Spartiates expulsion leaves gap in Parliament
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament was left with 297 MPs rather than the full complement of 300 after the Electoral Court ruled... experts, as well as the Speaker, Nikitas Kaklamanis, leading the party to revise its stance in later statements. By law, Parliament can function as long as it has more than 200 sitting members, however
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Budget execution to Aug shows 3.8 bln primary surplus, 2.8 bln better than target
EconomyMacroeconomyexpenditure coming in 2 billion lower than target, while revenues beat target by 640 million. The monthly... to 1.04 billion euros, 2.84 billion better than target. Revenues Revenues (before tax refunds) rose... billion euros, 640 million higher than the reported target (including the first ENFIA instalment
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Greece cheaper than average for majority of categories except food, most expensive for communications
Societyas postal services and the internet. The country came in 57.6 percent higher than the EU average... prices were 5.2 percent higher than the EU average, ahead of Germany and the Netherlands. In other areas, Greece emerged with lower than average prices. Housing costs and prices in Greece came
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Newsletter 29 - 05/06/2015
Lenders seek more measures Demands are more than what previous government agreed to Greece’s lenders are demanding new fiscal measures of around 3 billion, which is markedly higher than the 1–1.5... to direct tax revenues of 980 million and to contingent revenues of more than 500 million, which would
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Confidence vote debate sets tone for Greek political clashes to come
PoliticsGreek Politicsare visible and this will prove a bigger problem for Samaras and Venizelos than the actual vote.... former MP Nikitas Kaklamanis on Thursday. The independent lawmaker’s return takes the number
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Parliamentary chicanery raises doubt about PM’s grip on party as he looks ahead to relief package
PoliticsGreek Politicsface a general parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE affair rather than a preliminary judicial probe.... The opposition parties called on parliamentary speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis (New Democracy) to declare
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Opposition unable to join forces over recognition of Palestinian state
PoliticsGreek Politicsby arguing the communiqué was an “isolated initiative” rather than an official European Council position... Kaklamanis requesting a special session to “update and confirm” a 2015 resolution when the House agreed
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Government dismisses early elections as opposition call foul on rule of law debate schedule
PoliticsGreek Politics” issues. The decision to push it back by more than a month prompted the party’s spokesman to accuse... a set timeframe, accusing the Speaker of Parliament Nikitas Kaklamanis of colluding in a perversion
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Supreme Court’s decision not to reopen spyware probe triggers political storm
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan any party except New Democracy - reflects a climate of political uncertainty and suggests.... Christos Kaklamanis, lawyer for Androulakis, said he had expected Tzavellas to recuse himself
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Tsipras talks up ELAS momentum as ND pleads with former leader to stand down
PoliticsGreek Politicsplace in 2027, “closer to June than January”, rejecting speculation about early polls. He said ND’s... and Samaras’s own political legacy. Parliamentary speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis said he would
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